The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-01-15
Ii AfsiEY.

Considered generally, barley ac
osmmoaates itself to a wider rang,
OF latitude than any one of the Gere
ais. IL ripens with l6.52 deg, Gen
tlgfade and accumulated heat, which
is a third less than required for oats
and wheat. In sub-tfopicai coun,
tries, like Egypt and Arabia, it sup.
ports IL high temperature and agouth
far better than wheat, in a0id eli.
mates the rapidity Of its growth al
lows Of It's being successfully grown
farther north than other cereals. 1t
Is raised in Switzerland on tha Noun
taiDs, 1T an elevation Of from 5000 to
COCO feet. In these places q dwarf va
rietP goes through all phases OF
growth to maturity in sixty days. IN
Sweden, its cultivation extends to a
limit inside the polar circle. In En-.
gland, France and Germany the veg
citation is less rapid, eighty days be-
ing required between the seeding and
the harvest. From these facts il will
be seen harley is really a cold climate
crop, but On account of it, ability to
resist heat and drouth, il does fairly
Well IN warm or even hot countries
when the soil suits and the cultiva-
ton is careful and conscientious. As
for the land, the coil suits barley best
is the middle one, q mean between
light and heavy soils, the heavier
soils for warm climates and the light
er for cool ones. The presence of
carbonate Of lime in considerable
proportion is essential to success
with barley. For example, the chalk
soils Of England and Of Champagne.
in France, are famous for their bar
ley crops. Barley accommodates it.
self tG soils where there Is an excess
Of lime, and even in that respect re-
sembie@ the European grape. And
on the seashore where the soil Is inn
pergnated with salt barley Yields
good crops, where wheat utterly fails.
Cold and tenacious c!ays are bad for
barley. Its weak and tender radicals
10 penetrate such q soil, while
they nnsucessfulIy resist the mois-
ture Of an impermeable suhsoil
soils, peaty soils, and soils
large amount of raw veee-
table matter in them, do not suit bar
ley at all. Nor does it do as well on
fresh broken or sod land, as oats, or
wheat, or fax. As to cultivation,
Of the cereals so imperiously
demand the soil ahall be clean and
n good filth as barley. it defends
.tseif poorly and weekly against
weed, aud is quickly oyergrown bv
III u foul soil. On account of the
'apidity Withwhich it grows,theroots
mould find in the soil an abundance
WsIi-d.ssasteG plant food that has
;onle ora previous manuring or has
'esuited from the long and clean chi.
fVation Of a rich soil. The methml
WA manner Of seeding are very sim
Jar to those given to wheat, only
mere should be given three or four ,
mes the amount Of labor expended F.,
n cleaning the land intended for the
'fop ana getting 1t in good tilth. If
ms hhe-tialred afistocrat among fine
CEREALS is particular about the soil :
d~readtully particular about its /,
the brewers, who are the
MY really good customers for lh4 !
'fop' are SUI more particular anal /,
'Nigent, AT the harvest grain must .
10 80 glngrriy handled In the cutting >
NC carefully managed in the curing. >
'eiiher heavy dews nor a drop ofrain !
must be suffered to touch it IN the |
aver or the sheaf or shock, else the :
ram viii be discclored and of little a
! no worth for making malt. In a u
Nv words, barley seems TO belong ia q
oia region where an advanced ?
grlcuiture has got ready for use ali Y
ne eA'sehts n crop demands, or to :
e" countries like California: far.
ier, Kansas, Nebraska and Col0ra.
"here the soil has excessive lime. 4
.heIe the summers are hot and dry.
wheh little Or nothing is to be
'ared during and for weeks after :.
from rainfalls, heavy or '